PSYO 3280
Personality
Lec 01 selected
Personality deals with questions such as: Is a science of persons possible? Are there types of personalities, or is each individual's personality unique? Is an individual's life history an expression of his or her personality, or is personality description merely a summary statement of behaviour whose cause lies elsewhere?
Sections
Lecture
Lec 01
Tue, Thu 8:35-9:55
From the syllabus
From the Winter 2025 syllabus by Sean P. Mackinnon. Fall 2026 is taught by Sherry S., so details may differ. Open the PDF
Grading
25%Mid-term Exam 1February 4
25%Mid-term Exam 2March 11
25%Final examCumulative; date TBA
21%Workshops or critical response papers (3)7% each; response papers can replace workshops
3%Personality tests (6)0.5% each
1%End-of-term reflectionDue April 1
Course rules
- Missed midterms
- With a submitted absence declaration, students can write a make-up; if illness prevents it, the points transfer to the cumulative final.
- Missed final
- A missed final requires a make-up exam or results in a zero.
- Missed workshops
- A workshop can be replaced by a critical response paper; with an absence declaration, it is due one week later.
- Absence declaration
- Submit through Brightspace within three calendar days after the last day absent; declarations may be used at most twice during the term.
- Personality tests
- Submit proof of completion by 11:59 p.m. on the due date; responses do not affect the grade.
- Grade rounding
- Final grades with decimals of 0.5 or greater round up; lower decimals round down.
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